Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 5 Jul 2020 12:12:16 +1000 | From | Stephen Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology |
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Hi Dave,
On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 09:34:57 +1000 Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 06:45, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:02:51 -0700 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote: > > > > > > +The Linux kernel is a global software project, and in 2020 there was a > > > +global reckoning on race relations that caused many organizations to > > > +re-evaluate their policies and practices relative to the inclusion of > > > +people of African descent. This document describes why the 'Naming' > > > > I feel a need to point out that racial issues are wider than just > > people of African descent ... Also, others have pointed out that > > slavery is not just restricted to those of African descent. > > The racial issues are wider than that, and even wider again I'm sure, > but in 2020 this is as good a place to start as any, and the trigger > as that sentence says was in 2020, there was a reckoning about it > mainly due to people of African descent. That trigger has had flow on > effects in other countries, but I'm not sure that sentence in any way > diminishes that, it's merely an introduction to why this change is > happening now.
And reading it again in the (actual) light of day, I see you are right and I misinterpreted this.
> As for the non-black slavery, others have never pointed this out
(I did not say "non-black")
> before in 30 years of master/slave terminology? surely if white > slavery was as big a problem, they be as supportive of this, even more
(nor did I say "white slavery")
> so. It speaks volumes that I've never heard white slavery as a problem > once in 30 years, but now I'm hearing about it a few times, and > somehow as an excuse not to support this.
I was merely referring to some of the posts in the users@linux.kernel.org mailing list. Also, I made no statement about my support (or otherwise) for any of this.
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